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Covering My Invincible Compass Symposium @ Loft9

Seeing Tomoya and Matt happy and healthy after so many months of being on lockdown was a breath of fresh air. Matt Miller and KEEN’s journey with raising awareness of the mirco affects the March 11th earthquake disaster had on Tohoku children since I first photographed for Mirai no Mori 3 years ago. As with many people, Matt, the director and filmmaker of his documentary My Invincible Compass, organized his symposium with fewer audience members, […]

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TOPTIA Photography is now a Grad from the New York Institute of Photography

A little over a year ago, I wanted to find ways to better serve my clients and make them feel at ease with the services they were receiving. In Japan, where coming from established institutions are key items to look for finding a photographer, I wanted to be able to bring that anshin, or “at ease” feeling to all of my clients, Japanese-speaking or English-speaking. After several months of studying and applying both new and […]

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Black Lives Matter March in Shibuya, Tokyo

It was four years ago when I was at this very park covering the Black Lives Matter march organized by the African Americans Youth Travel Program. On August 6, 2016, the march’s adversary was 37 degree heat and humidity. On June 14, 2020, the list of adversaries ranged from rainy weather, to fears of becoming infected with the coronavirus, to a potentially formidable group of not one but TWO groups of counter protesters. Yet 3600 […]

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English-Speaking Event Photographer in Tokyo

Finding a reliable and professional event photographer can be stressful. Clients who have worked with me for their corporate or private social events have trusted me with capturing the best moments of their event time and time again. Allow me to take the stress out of covering your special event present to you amazing imagery for your photographic needs. Myself or perhaps my team of additional photographers can cover your large or small event in […]

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7 Quick Tips for How to Prepare for a Photo Session

Hello again! We still have some time until our photo session but I wanted to share a few quick tips that will make your photo session experience a memorable and fun one! Here are a some details to think about that are sure-fire ways to get lots of amazing photos in the time we have together. Below is a list of key points for the day ahead. Checking off all the items on this list […]

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